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Tech and Medical Device Convergence Exposes New World of Risks
When the acclaimed television drama series "Homeland" climaxed with a devious plot by terrorists to kill America's vice president by hacking into his electronic pacemaker, critics mocked the ...
Hacking Threat Is Real For Global Shipping Fleet
The next hacker playground: the open seas—and the oil tankers and container vessels that ship 90 percent of the goods moved around the planet. In this internet age, as more devices are hooked up ...
U.S. Retailers to Share Cyber Threat Data After Target Attack
U.S. retailers are planning to form an industry group for collecting and sharing intelligence about cyber security threats in a bid to prevent future attacks in the wake of last year's big attack on ...
Majority of Businesses Not Fully Prepared for Online Security Incident
Only 17 percent of businesses globally are fully prepared for an online security incident, according to a new survey on the issue of incident response preparedness sponsored by Arbor Networks Inc. ...
Mind Your Wallet: Why the Underworld Loves Bitcoin
Criminals may already have made off with up to $500 million worth of bitcoins since the virtual currency launched in 2009—and you can double that if it turns out they emptied Mt. Gox. Internet ...
Cyber Warfare Escalating Says NSA Nominee Rogers
Navy Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next director of the National Security Agency, told lawmakers that cyber warfare is on the rise. Rogers said Ukraine is ...
Suspected Russian Spyware Turla Targets Europe, United States
A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs uncovered to date. ...
‘ChewBacca’ Attacks Hit Retailers in 11 Countries, Report Says
A cyber criminal ring targeting small retailers in 11 countries stole data on 49,000 payment cards using a malicious software known as "ChewBacca" before the operation was shut down, according to a ...